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The title came after the 3-0 final victory against Portugal on December 7. Emily, current best player in the world, Amandinha, was voted best eight times and Débora Vanin scored the goals of the match.
Emily was the competition’s top scorer, with seven goals. Spain’s Irene Córdoba also found the net seven times, but the Brazilian won the golden boot for providing the most assists during the tournament.
The Brazilian winger was also named the best player of the Women’s World Cup. After the title, Emily recalled her journey to becoming a world champion.
“This kid who left home at 14, studied, trained, worked in and outside of futsal, never stopped dreaming. Never stop dreaming, because the dream comes true,” he said. “I want to leave this idea to the people who come. Mothers have to believe in their children. Put them in school, believe in your children’s dreams, because it’s real. We are going to put a little star here (on the jersey). We are world champions,” celebrated Emily, who plays in the Spanish futsal league.
Goalkeeper Bianca was visibly emotional after the title.
“Even though we dreamed about it, describing this moment is not easy. There’s no way, it’s a lot of emotion. I cried a lot, but now I’m very happy, and describing this to myself is difficult, because how am I going to describe something that I have a mixture of feelings about, right? But I’m very happy,” said Bianca, who also said:
“We beat some very important teams and I think we wrote our name in history for generations. Brazil deserves this first star, especially the way it was obtained.”
Champion team with a 100% success rate
Brazil enjoyed an unbeaten World Cup campaign, with a 100% success rate, having claimed six wins in six matches. In the tournament, the Brazilian team showed a powerful attack: they scored 32 goals and were the second best in the tournament, behind Portugal, which scored 37.
Brazil also presented a solid defense, which conceded only four goals, and, along with Poland, was the least leaky in the competition. The difference between these two teams is that the Polish team was eliminated in the first phase, after playing only three matches. Brazil was champion after playing six matches.
The Brazilian team’s coach, Wilson Sabóia, praised the group. “I have never worked with such a committed, capable, intelligent and wise cast. It is logical that the relationship is difficult, because there have been 52 days together of preparation and competition. There are moments of imbalance between the committee and the athletes, but that is normal,” he stressed. “The important thing is that we understand that the goal has been achieved and that now we are world champions. Brazil is the first world champion and that will go down in history, in my history and, above all, in the history of these wonderful athletes,” said the coach, who has been leading the national team for ten years.
After the victory in the final against the Portuguese, Taty was the first to lift the World Cup trophy on the field. The Brazilian team captain said the achievement would encourage more girls to start playing futsal.
“We have always dreamed of playing in an official FIFA competition. Brazil, by winning this title, gives hope and allows the next generations to dream, because now they can see this dream come true,” he commented.
“It’s very important, so that they continue on this path and that sport can give them a dignified life. I want them to become good citizens, after all, sport also has this fundamental role. I think we are creating a space so that the next generations arrive with a little more ease and can also realize their dreams,” said Taty, who works in Italian futsal.
Male and female
The team captain emphasizes that even with this title, there is still a way to go towards equality between the modalities of women’s and men’s futsal.
“I think we are looking for our space. I think we should not compare women with men, because we have still different visibility. We have sponsors with different investments, but we are looking for our own space,” he observed. “I think it’s important: we are moving in the right direction and we hope that women will be more and more valued, with better salaries and better conditions,” said Captain Taty.
“I think it’s difficult to make this comparison between the sexes because they have already been ahead of us for a few years, even in competitions. But I think we are on the right track. I think we are starting to show that women’s futsal is a beautiful spectacle.”
With the title of queen of indoor football at the Women’s Futsal World Cup, Brazil adds another trophy to its vast gallery. Whether for women or men, the country has dominated and been champion at each of the last Futsal World Cups. The men’s title victory at the world tournament took place in Uzbekistan last year. Now it’s the women’s turn to become champions in the Philippines.
This encouraging present inspires the future, as Brazil, under the leadership of coach Carlo Ancelotti, will participate in the Men’s World Cup next year in the United States, Mexico and Canada, and with coach Arthur Elias, will compete in the women’s football tournament in 2027, in Brazil.
The Brazilian team’s campaign at the Women’s Futsal World Cup went like this:
Group D
Brazil 4×1 Iran
Brazil 6×1 Italy
Panama 0x9 Brazil
Quarter-finals
Brazil 6×1 Japan
Semi-finals
Spain 1×4 Brazil
END
Portugal 0x3 Brazil
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